— The rapidly increasing complexity of tasks robotic systems are expected to carry out underscores the need for the development of motion planners that can take into account disc...
— Physicians perform percutaneous therapies in many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Image guidance promises to improve targeting accuracy and broaden the scope of needle i...
—This paper studies the capabilities of a microrobotic platform, driven by vibrating motors, to generate and impart micromanipulation forces of desired type and magnitude. First,...
P. Vartholomeos, Kostas Vlachos, Evangelos Papadop...
—Our sensor selection algorithm targets the problem of global self-localization of multi-sensor mobile robots. The algorithm builds on the probabilistic reasoning using Bayes fil...
Sreenivas R. Sukumar, Hamparsum Bozdogan, David L....
— This paper describes the development and initial testing of a new and optimized version of a steady-hand manipulator for retinal microsurgery. In the steady-hand paradigm, the ...
Ben Mitchell, John Koo, Iulian Iordachita, Peter K...